UNITED STATES v. LISOTTO

Nos. 82-5329, 82-5333.

722 F.2d 85 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Oltrado Michaelangelo LISOTTO, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John James PELLA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1983.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1983.

Certiorari Denied March 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Cummings, Alexandria, Va., for appellant Lisotto.

Stanley E. Preiser, Charleston, W.V., (Frederick D. Fahrenz, Jeffrey K. Matherly, Sherri D. Goodman, Preiser & Wilson, Legal Corp. Charleston, W.V., on brief), for appellant Pella.

Raymond A. Jackson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied March 26, 1984. See 104 S.Ct. 1682.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Oltrado Michaelangelo Lisotto and John James Pella appeal from their jury convictions of conspiring to possess marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Finding no error, we affirm.

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